Sciencespeaking topic
On the internet, in cities, in word use, the same strange rule keeps appearing: the most popular one is twice as dominant as the second, three times as dominant as the third. It's as if an invisible hand distributes wealth and attention with the same disproportion. Why do so many different systems repeat the same inequality?
— Zipf's law / power-law distributions
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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